Pac-10 update:Wheating wins 800

Oregon’s Andrew Wheating won the 800 meters in a photo finish at the Pac-10 championships at Hayward Field on Sunday.

Wheating, who was fifth with 200 meters to go, hit the tape at 1:49.83. USC’s Irek Sekretarski was second at 1:49.85.

Curtis Anderson covered UO track and field for The Register-Guard from 1990-96, and again since 2005. He covered the 2012 Olympic Games in London, in addition to the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in New Orleans (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Hayward Field (2008 and 2012). He is the winner of the Jesse Abramson Award, presented by the Track & Field Writers of America for excellence in coverage in 2008.